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'The Dictionary of Cleveland Biography' is the first major biographical guide to Cleveland issued since the 1920s. It is an outgrowth of and a companion to the new 'Encyclopedia of Cleveland History'. Unlike all previous biographical compilations, it presents a broad coverage of the city, fully reflecting its ethnic and economic diversity. This is a special Bicentennial Edition.

"Behind Bayonets" focuses on Ohio's substantial role in the Civil War. It is perhaps the only work that uses published and unpublished sources written by northeast Ohioans to comment on the causes, course, and purpose of the war. It does not provide an overview of battles, but it does address soldiers' enlistments and early camp experiences, women's experiences, public reactions to emancipation and the general political interest in the war, local...